Why does Asha stay with X-Man?
– 1) You expect men to cheat on you in generational poverty. That’s just what he does. You don’t know a man who doesn’t do it. When he comes back, you punish him a little bit. You have a power exchange at an emotional level. X-Man did something wrong, he’s remorseful. Asha is in the power seat. He’s going to continue to be accommodating until he gets forgiveness. He always gives her some sort of a payoff. If she accepts the payoff, she forgives him. – In middle-class situations, you are disciplined, you believe in change. Poverty believes in fate and luck. The bottom line, I’m destined, I’m fated. You engage in this behavior. X-Man: We wasn’t thinking about a baby, but we knew that it would eventually happen because we wasn’t using no protection at all. Real men don’t use condoms in poverty. Real men are invincible. Real men get women pregnant. X-Man needs some children to prove he’s a real man. In poverty, it’s about numbers. People are a resource. People keep you safe. He’s also tryi
